Vol47, Issue 12 (March 18, 2015)

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The Gauchos finish on the highest note, winning their third state championship in college history

Nick nenad

sports editor

The Saddleback Gauchos men’s basketball team won the 2015 California Community College Athletic Association state championship after defeating the East Los Angeles College Huskies 50-47 Sunday. This is Saddleback College’s second state championship in five years and third overall.

Gauchos head final coach Andy Ground, record who has coached in all three championships, was proud of his team’s effort.

“It feels pretty good,” Ground said.

“The guys really battled hard and the other team was a really good opponent. We never quit, never die. We are going to play until the game ends and the buzzer rings.”

The Gauchos started the game slow, falling behind 10-2 after three three-pointers by the Huskies. Saddleback then went on a 7-0 run and took the lead midway through the first half.

East LA would take that lead right back and go on a scoring stretch that brought the score up to 26-17 with 6:07 left in the first half.

Saddleback once again bounced back, this time with some ferocity, and at halftime they had cut the lead to three with a score of 28-25. Saddleback guard Andrew Bournes was the scoring leader for the Gauchos at the half with nine points. Center Conor Clifford was close behind with eight points.

“It was definitely a team effort,” Bournes said. “We worked hard and we didn’t get down at all, not one minute in the game.”

When the second half began, East LA got out to another great start, quickly scoring five points and taking a 33-25 lead. The teams then went back and forth with Saddleback gradually coming back with around 12 minutes to go, tying the game. East LA hit a big three-pointer their next possession, causing Ground to call a timeout with East LA leading 39-36.

Once again the teams battled. Nobody took a significant lead and neither team budged. After four minutes the scoring was at just 44-40, East LA

32-2

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MOST VALUABLE: Saddleback forward Dusty Baker, who was named MVP of the state tournament, drives past an East Los Angeles player. in the lead. Another three minutes of turnovers and good defense had the score at 45-42 with 4:38 remaining in the game.

Saddleback played fantastic defense down the stretch, only allowing the Huskies two more points the entire game. Bournes alluded to this after the game, explaining that Ground had stressed playing good defense.

“Like my coach said, as long as we play defense, great success will happen,” Bournes said.

The Gauchos took the lead for the first time since early in the first half when forward Dusty Baker hit a shot with 1:28 remaining to make the score 46-45. Baker got a layup on Saddleback’s next possession and gave the Gauchos a three point lead with just over a minute remaining After two free throws by the Huskies the score was brought back to 4847. Saddleback guard Maleke Haynes came up clutch on the Gauchos next possession when he made an acrobatic layup with just 11 seconds to go in the game to make the score 50-47.

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JUBILATION: The Gauchos celebrate with a championship photo.

Saddleback stole the ball a few seconds later, but Haynes turned the ball right back over to East LA, giving them one more chance to tie the game with just 0.6 seconds on the clock On the ensuing inbound pass, Baker stole the ball and the game was over.

Baker, who was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament, gave most of the credit to his teammates after the

game.

“Can’t say enough about our guys and we worked hard since June, and it all paid off,” Baker said. “We have high character guys who don’t give up and keep playing until the end of the whistle. A lot of guys are banged up at the end of the season and not feeling well, but we gave it all that we could and luckily we held out.”

Bournes shared similar thoughts, also praising Ground for his coaching throughout the season.

“We knew as long as we stuck together it would come out great for us,” Bournes said. “We knew exactly what it was going to take to reach this level. Coach Ground did an amazing job coaching us and we just worked hard everyday.”

Haynes, who hit the final shot in the game, was extremely happy about winning the championship.

“It feels awesome, best feeling in the world,” Haynes said. “We just stuck together, man, the whole season we just stuck together and took it game by game and it feels great.”

Saddleback is in a select class now having won three state championships. They are only the ninth community college with three or more titles in the state of California.

This is also the only state championship this year for any Saddleback athletic team. nnenad.lariat@gmail.com

Perspective on gas prices

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California’s gas prices are some of the highest in the country capper durham staff writer

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It is no secret that gas prices in Southern California are temperamental.

California state government officials do play a role, but they are not the main factor in gas price fluctuation. State government policies and taxes are more responsible for the steady high prices that Californians have come to expect.

California adheres to a strict regulatory process, limiting the amount of foreign oil consumption.

Foreign oil is less pure; therefore, it is more harmful to the environment.

California’s oil must also undergo a thorough inspection process before it is refined; which is one of the contributing factors in the high price of gasoline.

Under Assembly Bill 32, passed in September 27, 2006, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) planned to establish long term greenhouse gas emission reduction plan for the state of California. Hopefuls were estimating an unrealistic “12 or 13 cent

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Fill ‘er up: Filling up at the pump can be an expensive affair in California.

price increase per gallon,” according to U-T San Diego.

State taxes are a key factor, contributing to approximately 11.9 percent total cost per gallon, whereas federal taxes are responsible for an overall increase of 4.7 percent total cost per gallon.

Local gas fluctuations are effected by internal conflicts such as the explosion in February at the Exxon Mobile plant in Torrance, California, which just so happens to contribute 20 percent of Southern Californian

oil supply.

According to GasBuddy.com, Orange County, with an average of $3.498 per gallon, has the third highest average gas price in the United States below Ventura County at $3.507 per gallon and Los Angeles County with an average $3.515 per gallon.

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Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

Opinion

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“Saddleback’s student-run newspaper since 1968” Editors-in-Chief Emilie Christensen Amarah Eden News Editor Aaron Mitzlaff Opinion Editor Jonathan Anson Life Editor Makaila Ho Sports Editor Nick Nenad Photo Editor Nicholas LaBarbera Staff Writers Dominic Edel Capper Durham

Olivia Morales, 18, Communications

stance, this image can still be found inside the Student Services Center overlooking the front entrance doors.

Of Gauchos and Administrators

Continuing problems with the college’s mascot hide a bigger problem JONATHAN ANSON OPINION Editor

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CORRECTIONs “The 10 sports news events from break” on the front page referenes Jake Long when it should say Kyle Long.

The last issue’s “Campus Comments” gave incorrect information regarding the third student from the top. The student is Brenna Miller. She is 19 and is currently studying for a degree in nursing.

P L E A R S E E C

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If you ever walk around Saddleback College you’ve very likely encountered the Gaucho, Saddleback College’s mascot. He still resides in places like the gym, athletic centers and the Student Services Center. Though innocent looking and cutely illustrated, the Gaucho is a part of an ongoing controversy and fascinating history.

A quick deductive look should answer why. The Gaucho, rather than looking like an actual gaucho, looks like a bandito. The little f ellow’s image is very ethnically insensitive and historically inaccurate.

Students brought the issue to the Academic Senate in 2010, said Kenneth Brady, the Secretary of the Academic Senate. After much deliberation, senate

members voted to pass a resolution to ban the image from use. The motion was passed and the Gaucho was removed from campus.

But Gaucho images continued to linger. Students noticed, and filed another petition for removal. As reported by the Lariat, on November 5, 2013, the Associated Student Government and the Consultation Council repeated their vote to reiterate their position to ban the Gaucho. Unlike last time, the gaucho has stayed up.

English instructor and Academic Senate secretary Kenneth Brady, was at a loss to understand what the holdup is.

He even nicely offered to “donate a gallon of paint or a bottle of white out” to help get rid of the image.

Dan Walsh, the President of the Academic Senate, was at a loss to explain it too. What they are both sure of is that the image is offensive to multiple cultures. For that reason alone, they both agree, the image should be removed.

If that’s true, why is the image still up? It’s now February and the gaucho still remains up despite it no longer being allowed on campus. There’s been

no set date for removal and no direct attempts at erasing him. Practically nothing has been done to remove the gaucho.

That’s where the real problem lies.

The continuing debate over the Saddleback Gaucho is hiding a blatant failure of the college administration to do one simple thing: finish what they start. Students and teachers, no matter the school, are entitled to proactive administrators who can act. That’s not what’s happening at Saddleback College as this debacle over the Gaucho shows.

As reported last year by the Lariat, the Academic Senate voted, starting next semester, to ban the use of cigarettes, both tobacco and electronic.

The ban will be campus-wide at both Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College. That should make a number of questions pop up. Chief among those questions should be this one: if the school can’t swiftly accomplish their goal of removing an image campus-wide, how can they be expected to do the same with cigarettes or any other issue for that matter? janson.lariat@gmail.com

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LET ‘ER BUCK: Despite a campus-wide ban, images of the Saddleback College Gaucho can still be seen. For in-

“I think it’s a horse.”

Chrystal Chao, 18, Biology

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“I think it is a Hispanic cowboy.”

“It’s like an Indian or something.”

Nicholas Sutton,, 24, Criminal Justice

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Do you know what a gaucho is?

“I believe it is a Mexican cowboy.”

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“Is it a horse or something Mexican?”

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Katie Richcreek is a freshman journalism major from Southern California. She doesn’t go anywhere without Burt’s Bees chapstick, and aspires to be the next Lisa Ling.

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Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

Sports

Coach gets milestone win Saddleback head softball coach Nick Trani got his 500th win earlier this season and believes his team is very good Saddleback College’s softball team is off to a fantastic start this season and it is much to the credit of head coach Nick Trani.

Trani recently got win number 500 at Saddleback and his team is a whooping 5-0 to start the season. Coach Trani wants the credit given to his players though, because he says that they are the ones playing and winning the games.

“It really is all about the players and getting them signed,” Trani said. “The players are the ones that win the games” Trani was however humbled for the chance to be recognized for his feat. He even joked about his long tenure at Saddleback.

“It’s nice to be recognized and it’s a coaching milestone,” said Trani. “500 to me probably means I have been doing this for too long.”

On the field, the Gauchos have been outstanding, only allowing eight runs in five games and having scored more than 15 runs in two different games. Trani believes that this combination of hitting and pitching excellence could get the Gauchos deep into the regionals and possibly a championship, which would be Saddleback’s first softball title since 1987.

“We really have all of the weapons and I think it’s just a matter of putting it all together,” said Trani. “We have everything it takes to be successful. If we show up and play our game, we are going to beat anybody we play.”

Trani also thinks very highly of his pitching staff, even going on to say that he believes that thy are the best pitching staff in the state.

“First time I can remember having an actual pitching staff, where you don’t have to rely on one person,” said Trani Trani also praised freshman pitcher Kaylee Cranmer who has been the winning pitcher in four of Saddleback’s games.

“She has pretty much been unhittable to this point.” said Trani Saddleback will look to remain undefeated when they play Palomar College on Tuesday, Feb. 10 and Golden West College on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

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culinary Casualties: This garbage bin contains a collection of uneaten food much of which is still salvable.

The photographer of this photo notes more was found at the bottom such as a carton of bananas.

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The Elephant in the dumpster

A way to help fix hunger in America can be found in the most obvious place JONATHAN ANSON OPINION Editor

Of the problems that plague the world, hunger remains on top. According to a 2014 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Approximately 805 million people in the world go underfed.

It gets worse. According to the latest report by the National Resources Defense Council, 40 percent of eatable food produced in America is thrown away. Such behavior has contributed to one-third of the world’s food – approximately 1.3 billion tons – going to waste every year, the United Nations Environment Programme reports.

As many leaders still refuse to deal with this problem, people are turning to direct action. One group is leading the charge: college students.

A story by NPR last February has brought attention to students fighting against the epidemic of food waste.

Students have been giving food to local agencies to prepare and provide to the poor. If the food can’t be saved then it’s used as compost for gardening.

Higher education students waste an average of 142 pounds a year according to Recycling Works. College campuses throw out 22 million pounds of food annually, the Food Recover Network Reported this month.

Colleges have begun to deal with the problem. For instance, James Gau, cafeteria manager at Saddleback College, has said much of their food is been prevented from going to waste. This is due to the level of diligence the cafeteria practices regarding food. Gau has estimated only a handful of popular foods like salads and burritos go to waste.

Despite all of this, the food waste problem has yet to shrink. It doesn’t help also that food rescuing has met numerous hurdles. Though aids, such as the Good Samariatan Food Donation Act, have helped their efforts, privacy laws still exist that can indiretly penal-

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Even if done with good intentions and even despite the fact that previous owners have abandoned them, punishments are given ranging from fines to arrests.

The stigma of garbage picking also remains. The potential health risks of doing this naturally pop up and are definitely reasonable. What isn’t however is that the idea of digging through trash, even if done for a good cause, is still seen as a demeaning behavior.

Hunger’s still here and it’s not going away. There’s a finger being pointed at a solution to it and it’s being ignored, and if not ignored then demonized.

It is a conflict of interests to go after people who try save food for good causes. It is time to start looking at people trying to recycle food as a motivation to act against such waste.

We must start acting on visible solutions and making better ones. Food waste has to be dealt with. It is a problem we need to address directly and with haste. janson.lariat@gmail.com

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Jazz ensemble hosts a night of nostalgic music Joey Sellers conducts student musicians in playing a number of jazz songs in the McKinney Theatre JOHNATHAN ANSON OPINION EDITOR

Jazz studies instructor Joey Sellers and his students moved to the beat in the McKinney Theatre at Saddleback College on March 9.

The night began with an orchestrated rendition of Charlie Parker’s “Scrapple from the Apple.”

The strains of the song set the tone for the rest of the night.

After the piece Sellers welcomed attendees to the concert

and thanked them for attending.

The concert continued after this brief pause with the musicians being led by Sellers in playing John Coltrane’s “Blue Train.”

This was followed with an upbeat playing of Art Blakely’s “Free for All.” Sellers then introduced vocalist Laurie Lewins to the stage.

Lewins and the band perform a catchy rendition of Vernon Duke’s classic song “Taking a Chance on Love.”

She continued to perform alongside the band with “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” by the Gershwin Brothers.

Lewins left the stage as the band played “Yardbird Suite” by Charlie Parker.

Sellers then welcomed Lewins back to the stage again to help

sing the night’s final vocal piece, “Lover Man,” by John La Touche and Duke Ellington.

Sellers finally took time after this composition to introduce the individual musicians of his jazz lab, which was met with firm applause from the audience.

This final mid-song interlude was then followed by the last song of the night, “Room 219,” by Benn Clatworthy.

Gil Olinger, an audience member and father of guitarist Ethan Olinger was very impressed by the concert.

“I enjoyed the show,” Olinger said. “I’m particularly proud of my son being around such fine musicians,” Olinger said. johnathan anson/lariat

CONDUCTING: Joey Sellers led the ensemble of jazz students.

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WINNING: The Shwack Grill won the people’s choice award for the second year in a row.

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CALIFORNIA GRAY WHALE: The majestic whales could be spotted on their 10,000-mile round-trip migration.

Dana Point hosted 44th annual Festival of Whales spanning two weeks AMARAH EDEN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Underwater enthusiasts gathered at the 44th Annual Dana Point Festival of Whales for two weekends in a row to commemorate the 5000-mile migration of California Gray Whale from Alaska to Mexico.

Some patrons came exclusively for whale watching excursions, while others were more interested in the festivities onshore.

From 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. there were loads of activities from classic car and boat displays to clam chowder cook-offs.

The city offered a free shuttle service to the festival, which was beneficial to those who indulged in the beer and wine garden.

Face paintings, henna tattoos, kona shaved ice, sand sculpting competitions, bounce houses and bocce ball contests took place surrounding the harbor.

All hands were on deck in making the festival possible.

A variety of volunteers helped maintain cleanliness both on and off the shore.

The art fair harnessed the attention of people roaming through the harbor, where all facets of art were held.

Wandering through the 87 degree salted air, there was an array of booths that displayed the work of local artists and students.

Silke Turner, mixed media artist, jeweler and photographer, brings new life to natural elements that have fallen in her path.

As a member of the Ocean Defenders Alliance, she collects debris from the ocean and uses the weathered materials to form her work.

“The only material I won’t use is plastic,” said Turner, of Laguna Niguel.

However, she does repurpose the bones of marine life, wood and degraded metals.

Turner mentioned that she uses Native American techniques when disinfecting and preserving bones.

“The method of the Native Americans was to use cornmeal,” Turner explained.

The range of textures and colors in her works were inspired by our ecosystem and natural surroundings.

Turner was a fine example of how it is possible to do what you love for a living, when dedication is applied to your passion.

Julie Setterholm is the face of Copper Feel, and uses her welding background to fuse

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TOP: Dana Point police indulge in something other than donuts. copper, bronze and colored enamel to form works of art and jewelry.

Her work is vivid, and the blended pigments are that of a fairy tale.

The colors leak into each other which creates a liquefied effect on an inflexible piece of metal.

Adriane Tomik of Costa Mesa was astonished by how resourceful all of the artists were.

She saw sea glass being repurposed into hand woven textiles and crocheted jewelry inspired by Peruvian culture.

“The festival had so many unique artists displaying their beautiful pieces,” Tomik said.

“I’m so excited about my purchase especially since the artist conveyed so much passion behind the work. It was a goregous day to walk aroud and admire the art.”

Setterholm, along with other artists, patrons and families, felt fortunate to share the sun and her artwork with the community.

“It was a wonderful day and location to enrich peoples lives with art,” Setterholm said.

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ELEMENTAL ART: Silke Turner shows a piece of her jewelry

to reporter Amarah Eden.

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STRIKE A POSE: Julie’s masterpiece on display.

Clam Chowder cook off at Baby Beach NIKO LABARBERA PHOTO EDITOR

One of the many popular Dana Point Festival of the Whales events that drew in dozens of spectators was the Whale of a Clam Chowder Cook Off at Baby Beach Park.

This was the fourth annual chowder cook off and consisted of 12 different competitor booths ranging from individual cooks to local restaurants. The local police department even had a stand to see how their clam chowder competed.

While the chowder remained the most embraced aspect of the event by competitors and tasters alike, each team focused their attention on both the design of their booth as well as the taste of their dishes.

This was because there was a total of three awards given; a best designed booth award, people’s choice award and Mayor’s choice award which was presented by the Mayor of Dana Point, Carlos Olvera.

Tasting began at 10 a.m. on Saturday as patrons began filing into the Baby Beach park to find their favorite booths. For only 10 dollars a tasting packet could be purchased which included a sampling cup, spoon and unlimited samples from all the booths.

All benefits made from the cook off were given to Fish for Life, a nonprofit organization that aims to improve the lives of special needs children through fishing and other ocean activities.

The first award to be given was by Mayor Ol-

vera who explained to the crowd his favorite type of chowder.

“I’m a New England clam chowder kind of guy,” Olvera said as he delivered the award to RJ’s Cafe who’s chowder was rich in taste and full of diced potatoes and bacon.

Cannons Seafood Grill took home the Best Booth award thanks to their Hawaiian themed booth and dressed up chefs.

The people’s choice award was presented by last years winners The Shwack Beach Grill who seemed reluctant to give up the award.

“I just wanna keep it,” said The Shwack’s chef.

Lucky for him the Shwack took home the people’s choice award for the second year in a row. nlabarbera.lariat@gmail.com

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Sports

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2015

Lasers are 10-0

No. 1 ranked IVC men’s tennis team is impressive in road matches Nick Nenad

sports editor

The men’s tennis teams at Irvine Valley College is playing at exceptional pace and is off to one of their best starts in its history. The Lasers are a perfect 10-0 to begin their campaign and are currently ranked number one in Southern California. Led by a cast of European players, IVC is beating teams by wide margins almost every match.

The Lasers started their season by defeating El Camino

College, 8-1, Grossmont College, 6-3, and Cerritos College, 7-2 to begin the season. IVC then got a 19-day break from play after their match against Los Angeles Pierce College was cancelled.

The pause in play benefited the Lasers greatly, as they came out and dominated their next two opponents. They shut out Fullerton College and Riverside City College on the road and were 2-0 to start conference play.

The Lasers went on to beat their rival Saddleback by the score of 7-2 and thrashed Orange Coast College, 8-1 to improve their conference record to 4-0 and overall record to 7-0. The first four conference games and five out of their first seven games were on the road,

making their undefeated streak even more impressive.

IVC defeated their first non-conference opponent since Feb. 3 when the shut out San Diego Mesa College, 9-0. The Lasers went on the road again for a conference match and shut out Cypress College, 9-0.

IVC finally played a conference opponent at home, hosting OCC and beating them 9-0 to extend their shut out streak to three matches and get to a 10-0 overall record.

The Lasers have five matches left and four home conference matches to attempt and complete their perfect regular season before heading into the playoffs.

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Net cutting signifies victory Champs: Saddleback head coach Andy Ground (center) celebrates his third state championship with Kyle Hoag (far right), Conor Clifford (right), and Hayden Frederick (back left). Ground has been on the Gauchos coaching staff for all three titles, once as an assistant and twice as head coach. Saddleback’s overall record was 33-2, just one win shy of tying the team record of 34 set in 1980.

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